Nathiya Suresh said she was driving her family early Monday morning during a rainstorm when she lost control of her car on State Route 741.

With her husband, Pichandi Suresh, and their 3-year-old girl inside, Nathiya Suresh said her car flipped several times and landed upright in the creek.

“They were able to get out of the car, and get onto a tree limb and when the mother tried to get out and onto the tree limb, that's when she was taken away by the current and actually washed downstream,” Agenbroad said.

Nathiya Suresh said she was swept nearly a mile downstream and then had to run about 3 miles to find someone to get help for her family.

Nathiya Suresh could not pinpoint exactly where the car was and Clearcreek police Officer Eric Ney decided to retrace their route to look for tire marks.

“(I) got out and I could hear a guy screaming off in the woods. About 60 yards into the woods there was a vehicle submerged into the creek and a gentleman holding a 3-year-old baby up in the tree above it, hanging on,” Ney said.

Pichandi Suresh said he had lost his glasses, could not see where his wife went and started praying she was OK. He thought she was dead, and Nathiya Suresh thought the same about her husband and little girl.

“She was telling us her family had died, and he was telling us that his wife was gone and when they got together it was quite emotional for everybody,” Agenbroad said.

Pichandi Suresh said the family was doing well and no one was hurt. He said the seatbelts and first responders saved his family’s lives, and that even though they lost their car and everything inside, they still have each other.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT IT HAD A LADDER THAT ALLOWED ACCESS FROM THE GROUND. HE WAS SCREAMING TO THE POLICE OFFICER THAT HIS WIFE WAS MISSING AND SHE THINKS HE WAS DEAD AND YOU WAS HYSTERICAL. 8 A CAR IN A FLOODED CREEK AND A FAMILY WHO IS WORTH. FIREFIGHTERS SAVE AT LEAST TWO LIVES TODAY, A FATHER AND A LITTLE GIRL WHO WERE CLINGING TO THE HOOD OF THEIR CAR. IT WAS A WILD RIDE, CERTAINLY FOR ONE SHARONVILLE FAMILY. THEY SAY THEIR VEHICLE CAREENED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO THE WOODS AND INTO A CREEK BELOW. FIRST RESPONDERS TELL ME THEY ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND ONTO A TREE LIMB. WHEN THE MOTHER GOT OUT, THAT IS WHEN SHE WAS WASHED DOWNSTREAM. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF STEVE AITKEN BROUGHT WAS PART OF THE -- AGENBROAD WAS PART OF THE RESCUE. SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR IN THE RAIN AND ROLLED IT INTO A CREEK NEAR 741 IN CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIPS. THE CURRENT TRIP TO THE CAR APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET DOWN RIVER AND THERE WAS ANOTHER TREE BRANCH ACROSS THE STREET THAT STOPPED THE CAR FROM FLOATING FURTHER. SHE SAID SHE WAS SWEPT AWAY BY THE QUICK-MOVING CREEK AND RAN THREE MILES TO GET HELP AND EVEN CLIMBED OVER A COUPLE OF FENCES TO FIND SOMEONE TO CALL 911. HER HUSBAND AND HER BABY AND IN THE WATER. IT POLICE OFFICER DECIDED TO DRIVE THE AREA HE THOUGHT THE FAMILY HAD TAKEN. I COULD HEAR A GUY SCREAMING IN THE DISTANCE, 60 YARDS INTO THE WOODS. THERE WAS A VEHICLE SUBMERGED IN THE CREEK. A GENTLEMAN HOLDING A THREE-YEAR-OLD BABY IN A TREE ABOVE. THE FATHER HAD BEEN HANGING ON FOR OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF AND SAID THAT HE PRAYED FOR HEALTH AND THE SAFETY OF HIS LIFE AS HE THOUGHT SHE DROWNED IN THE WATER. HE WAS TELLING US THAT HIS WIFE WAS GONE AND THEY GOT TOGETHER. IT WAS QUITE EMOTIONAL FOR EVERYBODY. THE FATHER SAYS THE FAMILY IS DOING WELL AND HE WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE SEATBELTS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS SAVE THEIR LIVES TODAY. ALISON MONTOYA, WLWT NEWS 5. THE FAMILY LIKELY WAS NOT HURT. THE MOTHER HAD SCRATCHES FROM BEING SWEPT DOWN THE STREAM.

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